I've heard good things about that book. On a non book rout I would look at something like http://phantomjs.org/ which lets you control a browser with javascript, and is probably easier to get up and running on a server than Selenium.
-Tyrel Kelsey http://ninnypants.com/ http://twitter.com/ninnypants On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Adam Barrett <[email protected]> wrote: > I am sure you aren't looking for a book plug but... > > http://www.nostarch.com/webbots.htm > > That one will teach all you need to know for this and future projects like > it. > > Adam > > > On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 12:10 PM, Justin Purdie <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > So I've got a project that I don't have any experience in, and am > wondering > > if any of you could point me in the right direction. Basically I need to > > set up a script on a cron that will: > > > > 1. Login to a website. > > 2. "click" on an anchor which calls a javascript function to submit a > > form. > > 3. Fill out form fields with dynamic content. > > 4. submit that form > > > > I've used this to login to the website via curl ( > > http://simplehtmldom.sourceforge.net/), but not really sure how to > handle > > cookies, clicking links, and submitting forms. > > > > Really unsure as to the direction I should take this. Any help is > > appreciated. > > > > > > Justin Purdie > > SkyVantage Development > > US Ph. +1-801-649-2925 option 305 > > US Fax. +1-419-828-6643 > > Skype (Calls only - no chat): skyvantage > > Email: [email protected] > > twitter: http://twitter.com/skyvantage > > facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SkyVantage > > > > --- > > This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information of > > SkyVantage Corporation and its affiliated companies. If you are not the > > intended recipient, please (i) do not disclose, copy, distribute, or use > > this information, (ii) advise the sender by return e-mail, and (iii) > > delete all copies from your computer. Your cooperation is greatly > > appreciated. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > UPHPU mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu > > IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > > UPHPU mailing list > [email protected] > http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu > IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net > _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
